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2008 Beethoven Easter Festival

9-22Mar 2008

Program

Wednesday, 5 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic - Concert Hall
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Polish Radio Orchestra
Polish Radio Choir
Łukasz Borowicz - conductor
In-Hye Kim - soprano
So-Ock Kim - violin

Special concert "Master and his Student"

Jeajoon Ryu
"Symphonic Requiem"

Krzysztof Penderecki
Violin concerto No 2 Metamorphoses
Sunday, 8 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Special Jazz Concert
Sunday, 9 March 2008
12.00 noon
 
Royal Castle - Grand Hall
Plac Zamkowy 4
Konstantin Scherbakov - piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125 (piano transcription by F. Liszt)

Sunday, 9 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Phailhrmonic Concert Hall ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Opening Concert

Sinfonietta Cracovia
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Kazimierz Kord - conductor
Amanda Mace - soprano
Lioba Braun - mezzo-soprano
Jorma Silvasti - tenor Rene Pape - bass

Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major Op. 123

Monday, 10 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Hall
Plac Teatralny 1
Münchener Philharmoniker
Hugh Wolff - conductor
Viviane Hagner - violin

overture to be announced

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin concerto in D major Op. 61

Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

Tuesday, 11 March 2008
5.00 pm
 
Royal Castle � Grand Hall
Plac Zamkowy 4
Rudolf Buchbinder - piano

Second concert from the cycle
All piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven: PPiano Sonatas: Op. 10 No. 1, Op. 26, Op. 54, Op. 7, Op. 27 No. 2

Tuesday, 11 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall ul. Sienkiewicza 10
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lauma Skride - piano
Baiba Skride - violin
Tatjana Vassiljeva - cello
John Axelrod - conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to Don Giovanni KV 527

Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto in C major Op. 56

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

Wednesday, 12 March 2008
5.00 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
ul. Moniuszki 5
Sharon Kam - clarinet
Gustav Rivinius - cello
Paul Rivinius - piano

 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in B Major op. 11 for piano, cello and clarinet

Alban Berg
Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier

Alexander von Zemlinsky
Trio in D Minor op. 3 for clarinet, cello and piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations for cello and piano

Johannes Brahms
Trio in A Minor op. 114 for clarinet, cello and piano

Wednesday, 12 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Recital

Baiba Skride - violin
Lauma Skride - piano

Franz Schubert
Sonatine in D major

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 8 in G major

Leo? Janáček
In the Mist

Alfred Schnittke
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1

Wednesday, 12 March 2008
10.00 pm
 
Fabryka Trzciny
ul. Otwocka 14
Koncert West meets East
in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Festival

Naseer Shamma - oud
Al �Oyoin group

Thursday, 13 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Krzysztof Penderecki

Sinfonia Varsovia
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius - conductor
Gabriele Hierdeis - soprano
Konrad Jarnot - baritone
Marek Gasztecki - bass
Michael Randsburg - narrator

Krzysztof Penderecki
Passion According to St. Luke

Friday, 14 March 2008
5.00 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
ul. Moniuszki 5
Trio:
Henri Sigfridsson - piano
Patricia Kopatchinskaja - violin
Sol Gabetta - cello

Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in G major No. 39

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in D major Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost"

Franz Schubert
Piano Trio in E flat major D.929

Friday, 14 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä - conductor
Pekka Kuusisto - violin

Joonas Kokkonen
Interludes from the opera "The Last Temptations" (1977)

Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony in D major No. 2 Op. 36

Saturday, 15 March 2008
12.00 noon
 
Royal Castle - Grand Hall
Plac Zamkowy 4
Petersen Quartett
Sergey Prokofiew String quartet No 2 in F Major op. 92
Anton Webern
[i]Langsamer Satz for string quartet

Franz Schubert
String quartet No. 14 in D minor D.810 ("Death and the Maiden")
Saturday, 15 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Hall
NPRSO
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Dumka National Choir of Ukraine
Kaunas Choir
Jacek Kaspszyk - conductor
Linda Watson - soprano
Yvonne Naef - mezzo-soprano
John Treleaven - tenor
Wolfgang Schöne - bas
Christa Ludwig � narrator

Arnold Schönberg
Gurrelieder

Sunday, 16 March 2008
12.00 noon
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä - conductor
Sharon Bezaly - flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major KV 318

Kalevi Aho
Flute Concerto (2002)

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 Op. 82

Sunday, 16 March 2008
4 pm
 
Royal Castle - Grand Hall
Plac Zamkowy 4
St. Petersburg Trio:
Grigori Zhyslin - violin
Sergei Roudugin - cello
Vladimir Mishouk - piano

Franz Schubert
Trio in B Major

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Trio in A Minor "In Memory of a Great Artists"

Sunday, 16 March 2008
7.00 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Kiev Soloists

Franz Schubert
Symphony in B minor "Unfinished" D.759
Konzertstück in D major for violin and orchestra D.345

Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in F minor Op. 95 "Serioso" (arr. for chamber orchestra by G. Mahler)

Antonio Salieri
Symphony in D major "Giorno onomastico"

Monday, 17 March 2008
5.00 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
ul. Moniuszki 5
Leipziger Streichquartett

Ludwig van Beethoven
String quartets op. 18 No. 2, op. 59 No. 3, op. 135

Monday, 17 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
The Polish Radio Orchestra
The Polish Radio Choir in Kraków
Łukasz Borowicz - concuctor
Christa Ludwig - artistic supervisor
Paul Emile-Deiber - stage movement director
soloists - to be announced

Luigi Cherubini
Lodoďska (heroic comedy in three acts)

Tuesday, 18 March 2008
5.00 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
ul. Moniuszki 5
Leipziger Streichquartett

Ludwig van Beethoven
String quartets op. 18 No. 5, op. 59 No. 2, op. 130

Tuesday, 18 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
European Chamber Choir
Trevor Pinnock - conductor
Kirsten Blaise - Soprano I
Lisa Milne - Soprano II
Andrew Staples - Tenor
Francois Lis - bass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in G minor No. 40 KV 550
Mass in C minor KV 427

Wednesday, 19 March 2008
5.00 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
ul. Moniuszki 5
Concert to celebrate 25 anniversary of Shanghai Quartet

Shanghai Quartet
Michel Lethiec - clarinet
Ragna Schirmer - piano

Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor op. 115
Piano Quintet in F minor op. 34

Wednesday, 19 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Münchener Kammerorchester
Alexander Liebreich - conductor
Till Fellner - piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Grosse Fuge in B flat major op. 133 (arr. for orchestra F. Weingartner)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto KV 456

Anton Webern
String Quartet 1905 (arr. for orchestra by C. Poppen)

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in D major D.485

Thursday, 20 March 2008
5.00 p.m.
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
ul. Moniuszki 5
Concert to celebrate 100 anniversary Olivier Messiaen

Dimension Trio:
Rafał Zambrzycki-Payne - violin
Thomas Carroll - cello
Richard Hyung-Ki Joo - piano
and Michael Collins - clarinet

Olivier Messiaen
Quatour pour la fin du temps

Ludwig van Beethoven
Gassenhauer Trio op. 11

Bela Bartók
Contrasts

Thursday, 20 March 2008
7.30 pm
 
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Marek Janowski - conductor
Anke Vondung - mezzo-soprano

Gustaw Mahler
Kindertoten-lieder

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 8

Friday, 21 March 2008
7.30
 
Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Hall
Plac Teatralny 1
Sinfonia Varsovia
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker
Rolf Beck - conductor
Annette Dasch - soprano
Markus Eiche - baritone

Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem

Saturday, 22 March 2008
6.00 pm
 
Gidon Kremer - violin
Kremerata Baltica

Joseph Haydn
Seven Last Words of Christ

Accompanying events:

Kraków:
Tuesday, 4th March 2008
Jagiellonian Library, al. Mickiewicza 22

Opening of the Exhibition of Manuscripts Beethoven and his Vienna (open till Friday 21st March 2008)

Curator: Agnieszka Mietelska-Ciepierska
Design: Lech Dziewulski

Tuesday, 4th March 2008 | Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Concert Hall ul. Zwierzyniecka 1

Concert accompanying the opening of the exhibition

Beethoven Academy Orchestra
Choir -tba
Michał Dworzyński � conductor
Łukasz Długosz � flute


Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Flute concerto No 1 in G Major KV. 313

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no 9 in D Minor op. 125

Warsaw:
Tuesday, 11 March � Thursday, 13 March 2008
Opera and German Song Master classes with prof. Christa Ludwig


Friday, 14 March 2008 Final concert of the Master classes
Admission free

Monday, 17th March � Tuesday, 18th March 2008 | Zachęta National Gallery of Art,
Plac Małachowskiego 3
12th International Musicological Symposium chaired by Professor Mieczysław Tomaszewski, with the participation of the world�s most eminent musicologists

Monday, 3rd March � Sunday, 20th April 2008 | Zachęta National Gallery of Art,
Plac Małachowskiego 3
Exhibition: Musical Themes in Polish Painting

Gdańsk
Tuesday, 11 March 2008 7.00 pm | Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic,
ul. Ołowianka 1
West meets East concert in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Festival

Naseer Shamma � oud
Al �Oyoin group

Thursday, 13 March 2008, 7.00 pm | Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic,
ul. Ołowianka 1

Petersen Quartett

Sergey Prokofiew
String quartet No 2 in F Major op. 92

Anton Webern Langsamer Satz for string quartet

Franz Schubert
String quartet No. 14 in D minor D.810 ("Death and the Maiden")

Friday, 14 March 2008 7.00 pm | Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic,
ul. Ołowianka 1

Robert Kabara � violin
Michał Nesterowicz � conductor
Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin concerto in D Major op.61

Olivier Messiaen

[i]Ascencion


Carl Maria Weber

Overture to "Oberon" opera

Saturday 15 March 2008 7.00 pm | Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic,
ul. Ołowianka 1

Kiev Soloists

Franz Schubert:
Symphony in B minor "Unfinished" D.759
Konzertstück in D major for violin and orchestra D.345


Ludwig van Beethoven:
Quartet in F minor Op. 95 "Serioso"(arr. for chamber orchestra by G. Mahler)

Antonio Salieri:

Symphony in D major "Giorno onomastico"

Sunday, 16 March 2008 7.00 pm | Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1

Trio: Henri Sigfridsson � piano
Patricia Kopatchinskaja � violin
Sol Gabetta � cello

Joseph Haydn:
Piano Trio in G major No. 39

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Trio in D major Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost"
Franz Schubert:
Piano Trio in E flat major D.929

Tuesday 18 March 2008 7.00 pm | Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1


Münchener Kammerorchester
Alexander Liebreich � conductor
Till Fellner � piano

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Grosse Fuge in B flat major op. 133 (arr. for orchestra F. Weingartner)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

[i]Piano Concerto KV 456


Anton Webern:

String Quartet 1905 (arr. for orchestra by C. Poppen)

Franz Schubert:

Symphony No. 5 in D major D.485

Wednesday, 19 March 2008 7.00 pm | Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1

Leipziger Streichquartett

Ludwig van Beethoven

String quartet in G Major op. 18 No 2

Felix Mendelssohn

String quartet in F Minor op.80

intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven

String quartet In B flat Major op. 130

Białystok

Tuesday, 18 March 2008 7.00 pm | Podlaska Opera and Philharmonic, ul. Podleśna 2

Kiev Soloists

Franz Schubert:
Symphony in B minor "Unfinished" D.759
Konzertstück in D major for violin and orchestra D.345


Ludwig van Beethoven:
Quartet in F minor Op. 95 �Serioso� (arr. for chamber orchestra by G. Mahler)

Antonio Salieri:
Symphony in D major "Giorno onomastico"

Łódź

Saturday, 15 March 2008, 3.30 pm | Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź, ul. Narutowicza 20/22
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä � conductor
Sharon Bezaly � flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Symphony No. 32 in G major KV 318
Kalevi Aho:
Flute Concerto (2002)
Jean Sibelius:
Symphony No. 5 Op. 82

Concerts in Kraków, Bydgoszcz, Poznań and Szczecin

 

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